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Restaurateur’s real estate firm files bankruptcy

Mondorivoli, the real estate holding company of Durango restaurateur Jean-Pierre Bleger, has filed for bankruptcy in U.S. Bankruptcy Court seeking reorganization under Chapter 11. Kenneth Buechler,...

DATE: July 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Fire west of Monticello at 145 acres

The Peavine Canyon Fire, burning 45 miles west of Monticello, Utah, grew to 145 acres Sunday from 90 acres Saturday, but is burning with a low intensity that’s benefiting the forest habitat in the...

DATE: July 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Sheriff’s Office investigating Friday night shooting

La Plata County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a Friday night shooting of a 49-year-old man in the 8000 block of U.S. Highway 550, about eight miles north of the New Mexico line. Sgt. Steve...

DATE: July 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Search suspended for elderly man missing from Dolores

The search for Ramon Brown, an elderly Dolores man suffering from dementia who walked away from the family home Sunday evening, has been suspended after an extensive four-day search that failed to...

DATE: July 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Patch of Colorado 145 repaved at site of Memorial Rock

Crews on Tuesday completed paving a section of Colorado Highway 145 damaged by the fall of Memorial Rock and another large boulder. They came tumbling down May 24, Memorial Day weekend, about 10...

DATE: July 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Dolores man gets 3 years in prison after charges pile up

A Dolores man who was apprehended in Utah on Montezuma County felony warrants for weapons and menacing charges after a two-hour standoff in Durango was given six months in prison Monday. Montezuma...

DATE: July 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Lightning sparks two small fires on Missionary Ridge

Firefighters with the San Juan National Forest are trying to reach two small, lightning-sparked fires, each less than one-tenth of an acre, burning on Missionary Ridge on Sunday afternoon. Chris...

DATE: July 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Gem and mineral show rocks Durango

John Scully’s fascination with rocks started when he was 2 years old picking up quartz in the creek behind his house in Pennsylvania. The fascination, he said, “never really stopped.” Scully had...

DATE: July 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Spanish Trails Inn & Suites gets a remodel

Spanish Trails Inn and Suites might not seem like the most promising site for a business investment in Durango. But John Hazen, who purchased the old north Main Avenue inn in August 2018 for $2...

DATE: July 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Business

Woman injured in fall rescued from La Plata Canyon

A 23-year-old woman who fell about 20 feet in La Plata Canyon near the waterfall at the turnoff to Columbus Basin was loaded onto a Flight for Life helicopter shortly after 6 p.m. Thursday for...

DATE: July 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

San Juan Forest reopens roads near Doe Canyon Fire

Responsibility for management of the Doe Canyon Fire, burning 10 miles southeast of Dove Creek, has been turned over to the Dolores Ranger District of the San Juan National Forest, and road...

DATE: July 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Motorcyclist crashes on U.S. Highway 550

A motorcyclist from the Front Range suffered serious injuries Friday morning after crashing between Molas Pass and Silverton on U.S. Highway 550. Colorado State Patrol Trooper Jeff Chmielewski said...

DATE: July 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

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